Groenefelt Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

Groenefelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Groenefelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname1281:4,317926
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Groenefelt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Groenefelt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Groenefelt is more commonly found in Suriname than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Groenefelt? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,374,607th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Groenefelt live; 80 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.

Groenefelt is most widespread in Suriname, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 4,317. Without taking into account Suriname this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Groenefelt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Groenefelt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Groenefelt surname fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groenefeld9029/
Gronefeldt900/
Gruenefeldt8616/
Gronefeld84289/
Granefelt8460/
Grenefeld847/
Grünefeldt80100/
Gruenefeld8050/
Gronefield804/
Greenefield762/
Grünefeld74602/
Grönefeld74179/
Grunefeld74100/
Gränefält7411/
Granefeld741/
Greenifield671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Groenefelt
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